My Bible Study Secret

Have you ever had the chance to share something you love with someone you respect? I had this opportunity twice on the same day!

This past Tuesday morning I had the opportunity to share my favourite way to study the Bible with two people who are already Bible experts. One is a Life Group leader, a Bible worker and a future church planter (I’m sure of it!). The other is a friend I’ve known since we were both young ministers 30 years ago. Even though both of them are Jesus-loving, Bible-knowing believers - I got to share something new with them!

Writing Bible Studies

I’ve had the honour of mentoring Eve as an AUC Life Group leader. She is a passionate Bible student and a dedicated disciple-maker for Jesus. She runs a Life Group in Canberra. In our monthly mentoring video chat the week before, she said, “I enjoy the Sabbath School discussion guides you post each Thursday but was wondering if you could send them to me earlier in the week?”

I explained, I write them on Thursday mornings. Then I asked why she wanted them earlier. She explained that her Sabbath School started together and then separated into discussion groups and she put a few questions on the screen. She was spending time each week choosing a Bible passage or two and a short question list for each. If you’ve read my studies, there are a lot of questions!

I said, “I’m happy to do next week's SS prep earlier, if you have time. You can join me and I can show you my process for creating a study. Then you will be able to do it yourself.”

Eve thought this was a great idea and we met in a video chat on Tuesday morning at 8 AM. When she arrived, I loaded Logos Bible software and let the magic show begin. The Bible Study Builder in Logos is a gift from God! I love it! At the end of the hour, Eve was thrilled to see how easy developing a well-structured Bible study can be.

Researching and Writing Sermons

At 10 AM, the same morning, I called Mike. He’s old school and I had to call him on his phone. We chatted about life for a while and then we got into the reason for the call.

Mike had emailed me a week before:

Hi Dave

I’m needing help with sermons. I have struggled through preaching and dodgy PowerPoint presentations for years and you are so creative, I thought you might be able to help me.

Blessings

Mike

It had been years since we chatted, so we spent quite a while telling stories on the phone. Then, I said, “Mike, you asked me about creativity in sermon content. Do you have a computer in front of you?”

He said he did and we switched over to a video chat so I could share my screen with him. I showed Mike around the latest version of Logos — The Sermon builder, the Bible study builder and, especially, the new AI-infused search engine. There’s nothing like it! You can limit your question to the Bible, the books you own or the entire Logos library. Then, Logos uses the power of its already powerful search engine and AI intelligence to write a superb summary. Every time. To every question. It’s epic!

Mike said they already have Logos but hadn’t used it for a year or two. He’s keen to do so now that he’s seen what Logos can do!

So, That’s My Secret!

Creativity is about having the right tools. And Logos is my favourite Bible study tool.

You might think I work for Logos. I don’t.

This is not a paid promotion. It’s free in every way. I want you to get the most out of the Bible because God has so much in store for you in those precious pages!

I love showing people how I do what I do. I don’t see any reason to keep my creative process or my favourite tools secrets. The more people who can turn their Biblical questions into solid answers and their creative ideas into blessings for others - the better!

I also love using standard AI (Gemini/ChatGPT) to flesh out ideas. Used intelligently, AI is like having the fastest research assistant on the planet. I love it!

If you haven’t checked out Logos since they added the AI feature, and you love Bible study, I highly recommend it!

If you want a quick introduction to AI, Logos with AI or some other creativity-based question, just ask me! It’s free. Like all the best things in life!